Chordoma—current understanding and modern treatment paradigms

SM Barber, SS Sadrameli, JJ Lee, JS Fridley… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chordoma is a low-grade notochordal tumor of the skull base, mobile spine and sacrum
which behaves malignantly and confers a poor prognosis despite indolent growth patterns …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular targeted therapy in the treatment of chordoma: a systematic review

T Meng, J Jin, C Jiang, R Huang, H Yin, D Song… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: Chordoma is a rare bone malignancy that affects the spine and skull base.
Treatment dilemma leads to a high rate of local relapse and distant metastases. Molecular …

Afatinib is a new therapeutic approach in chordoma with a unique ability to target EGFR and brachyury

P Magnaghi, B Salom, L Cozzi, N Amboldi… - Molecular cancer …, 2018 - AACR
Chordomas are rare bone tumors with no approved therapy. These tumors express several
activated tyrosine kinase receptors, which prompted attempts to treat patients with tyrosine …

EGFR inhibitors identified as a potential treatment for chordoma in a focused compound screen

S Scheipl, M Barnard, L Cottone… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Chordoma is a rare malignant bone tumour with a poor prognosis and limited therapeutic
options. We undertook a focused compound screen (FCS) against 1097 compounds on …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic molecular biomarkers in chordomas: A systematic review and identification of clinically usable biomarker panels

F Rubino, C Alvarez-Breckenridge, K Akdemir… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction and objective: Despite the improvements in management and treatment of
chordomas over time, the risk of disease recurrence remains high. Consequently, there is a …

AZD8055 enhances in vivo efficacy of afatinib in chordomas

T Zhao, IM Siu, T Williamson, H Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chordomas are primary bone tumors that arise in the cranial base, mobile spine, and
sacrococcygeal region, affecting patients of all ages. Currently, there are no approved …

Notochordal tumors: an update on molecular pathology with therapeutic implications

T Yamaguchi, H Imada, S Iida, K Szuhai - Surgical Pathology Clinics, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent molecular investigations of chordoma show common expression of various receptor
tyrosine kinases and activation of downstream signaling pathways contributing to tumor …

Identification of therapeutic targets in chordoma through comprehensive genomic and transcriptomic analyses

WS Liang, C Dardis, A Helland… - Molecular …, 2018 - molecularcasestudies.cshlp.org
Chordoma is a rare, orphan cancer arising from embryonal precursors of bone. Surgery and
radiotherapy (RT) provide excellent local control, often at the price of significant morbidity …

Reconstruction and Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks in Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for the Management of Clival Chordomas–A Systematic Review

KK Gupta, E Balai, A Darr, K Jolly - … Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & …, 2022 - Springer
The success of the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) to surgically manage clival
chordomas (CC) relies on robust repair methods to reduce complications, such as …

Partial response to erlotinib in a patient with imatinib-refractory sacral chordoma

S Verma, SP Vadlamani, SA Shamim, A Barwad… - Clinical Sarcoma …, 2020 - Springer
Background Chordoma is a rare, slow growing and locally aggressive mesenchymal
neoplasm with uncommon distant metastases. It is a chemo-resistant disease with surgery …